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I’m happy to announce that Windows 10, version 1809 is now available for download from Visual Studio Subscriptions (formerly MSDN Subscriptions) and the Software Download Center (via Update Assistant or the Media Creation Tool)—as well as through Windo… Continue reading What’s new for IT pros in Windows 10, version 1809
Starting at 2:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Beta and Delta Rings will begin receiving a new 1811 Xbox One system update (181026-1939). Read on for more about the fixes and known issues in the latest 1811 system update. New Features: Family Settings Children signing up for new accounts will now be asked to add a parent only if required to by local privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR or COPPA). This means that some minors, like teens in the U.S., will no longer have to add a parent and join a Microsoft family during signup. Xbox… Continue reading New Preview Beta & Delta Rings 1811 Update – 10/30/18
Our club is finally open, so get in line and prepare to enjoy Out of The Box on Xbox One! So, what is Out of The Box? Well, it’s a quirky, cartoonish bouncer simulator. Players not only get to do a bouncer’s job, meeting all sorts of strange characters and getting physical with some of them, they also get to experience a bloody, decision-based narrative with a pinch of dark humor and political incorrectness! In Out of The Box, players get to experience the night from the particular perspective of an ex-convict named Warren Baker, who cannot escape from his… Continue reading Your Nightclub Bouncer Job Just Got Real in Out of the Box on Xbox One
Today we’re pleased to announce the release of Exchange Server 2019, Skype for Business Server 2019, SharePoint Server 2019, and Project Server 2019. These four servers round out the Office 2019 release, a wave of product updates that started with the … Continue reading Office 2019 servers available for commercial customers.
In many business networks, downloading apps and updates can be slow, inefficient, and, in many markets, expensive. When speaking with our customers, we often hear that they have regional facilities in limited and/or metered markets where devices downlo… Continue reading Delivery Optimization: Scenarios and configuration options
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Kay Singh, Senior PM on the Azure compute team to talk about Managed Disks in Azure! We’re talkin’ swapping the OS image, enhanced disk metrics and moving disks between… Continue reading Whats New in Azure Managed Disks | Tuesdays With Corey
Systems are increasingly complex and distributed, and standard metrics, monitoring, and logging aren’t enough: they catch known unknowns and send real-time updates – but what about what you don’t know? How do you set up a system that helps you see what… Continue reading Instrumenting Observability: Getting Started and Pro Tips | The Open Source Show
Welcome to another Games with Gold reveal for Xbox One and Xbox 360! In November on Xbox One, engage your enemies in the critically acclaimed shooter Battlefield 1, then test your nerves and dexterity in Race the Sun. On Xbox 360 and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, relive the game that started it all in Assassin’s Creed, and rescue the soul of your beloved in Dante’s Inferno. All games will be available exclusively for Xbox Live Gold members for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. With Xbox Live Gold, you get the most advanced multiplayer service, free games,… Continue reading New Games with Gold for November 2018